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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Risk that arises as a direct result of implementing a risk response






2. Risk that remains after risk responses have been implemented






3. Subdivision (fragment) of a project schedule network diagram - usually representing a subproject or work package.






4. Schedule activity that follows a predecessor activity as determined by their logical relationship






5. Reviewing all change requests - approving changes - and managing changes to the deliverables - organizational process assets - project documents and project management plan






6. An entry in the work breakdown structure that can be at any level






7. Specific version of the schedule model used to compare actual results to the plan to determine if preventive or corrective action is needed to meet the project objectives






8. List of project team members - their project roles and communication information






9. Graphical representation of situations showing causal influences - time ordering of events and other relationships among variables and outcomes






10. Schematic display of the logical relationships among the project schedule activities. drawn from left to right.






11. Defined function to be performed by a project team member






12. Structure in which the project manager has full authority to assign priorities - apply resources and direct the work of persons assigned to the project






13. The value of work performed expressed in terms of the approved budget assigned to that work for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component. ALSO BCWP.






14. Partially complete document in a predefined format that provides a defined structure for collecting - organizing and presenting information and data






15. Information system consisting of tools and techniques to gather - integrate and disseminate the outputs of project management processes.






16. Reserve






17. Making relevant information available to project stakeholders






18. Model used in conjunction with manual methods or project management software to perform schedule network analysis to generate the project schedule for use in managing the executing or a project






19. Aggregating the estimated costs of individual activities or work packages to establish an authorized cost baseline






20. Buyer pays the seller a set amount (as defined by the contract) and the seller can earn an additional amount if the seller meets defined performance criteria






21. Skilled human resources - equipment - services - supplies - commodities - material - budgets or funds






22. Response to a negative risk that has occurred - workaround is not planned in advance of the occurrence of the risk event






23. Implementing risk response plans - tracking identified risks - monitoring residual risks - identifying new risks and evaluating risk process throughout the project






24. A group of related projects managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits and control not available from managing them individually.






25. Calendar of working days and non-working days that determines those dates on which each specific recourse is idle or can be active






26. Authorized budget assigned to the scheduled work to be accomplished for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component






27. Collection of projects or programs and other work that are grouped together to facilitate effective management of that work to meet strategic business objectives






28. Request for proposal - but may have a narrower or more specific meaning






29. Point in time that work was scheduled to start on a schedule activity. called planned start date.






30. The smallest unit of time used in scheduling a project. calendar units are generally in hours - days - or weeks - but can also be in quarters years - months - shifts - or even minutes






31. A point that is not settled or is under discussion or over which there are opposing views or disagreements






32. Those processes performed to finalize all activities across all project management process groups to formally close the project or phase






33. Dependency between two project schedule activities or between project schedule activity and schedule milestone.






34. Document containing the results of the qualitative risk analysis - quantitative risk analysis and risk response planning. details all identified risks including description - category - cause - probability of occurring - impact on objectives - propos






35. Area of project management defined by its knowledge requirements and described in terms of its component processes - practices - inputs - outputs - tools and techniques






36. Logical relationship where completion of the successor schedule activity is dependent upon the initiation of the predecessor schedule activity






37. Significant point or event in the project






38. Processes and activities of the performing organization that determine quality policies - objectives and responsibilities so that the project will satisfy the needs for which it was undertaken






39. A method of estimating a component of work. the work is decomposed into more detail. an estimate is prepared of what is needed to meet the requirements of each of the lower - more detailed pieces of work - and these estimates are then aggregated into






40. Logical grouping of project management inputs - tools and techniques and outputs. includes initiating processes - planning processes - executing processes - monitoring and controlling processes and closing processes. NOT project phases






41. Approved integrated scope-schedule-cost plan for the project work against which project execution is compared to measure and manage performance






42. Information gathering technique examines the project from the perspective of each projects strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - and threats to increase the breadth of the risks considered by risk management






43. Collection of generally sequential project phases whose name and number are determined by the control needs of the organization involved in the project






44. Deliverable that is subject to approval by the project sponsor or customer






45. Uncertain event or condition that has a positive or negative effect on projects objectives






46. Group of related schedule activities aggregated at some summary level and displayed as a single activity at that summary level. same as summary activity.






47. Quantifiable deviation - departure or divergence away from a known baseline or expected value






48. Person or group that provides financial resources in cash or in kind for the project






49. Identifying all people or organizations impacted by the project and documenting relevant information regarding their interest - involvement and impact on project success






50. An approved plan for a project - plus or minus approved changes. it is compared to actual performance to determine if performance is within acceptable variance thresholds. generally refers to the current baseline - but may refer to the original or so